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Single Spin Asymmetry in Forward $pA$ Collisions

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2016-09-21 v2

Abstract

We compute the transverse single spin asymmetry in light hadron production pphXp^\uparrow p\to hX and pAhXp^\uparrow A\to hX including the gluon saturation effect in the unpolarized nucleon/nucleus. In the forward (large-xFx_F) region, the dominant contribution comes from the so-called derivative term associated with the soft gluonic pole. This leads to the cancellation of nuclear effects in ANA_N which can be tested at RHIC. We also show that the soft fermionic pole disappears in the saturation environment.

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@article{arxiv.1606.08640,
  title  = {Single Spin Asymmetry in Forward $pA$ Collisions},
  author = {Yoshitaka Hatta and Bo-Wen Xiao and Shinsuke Yoshida and Feng Yuan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1606.08640},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

13 pages, 2 figures; Revised version, to appear in PRD

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